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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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S Viemeister wrote:
nightjar cpb@ wrote:

One advantage of swine flu; heart operations are being moved to an
adjacent private hospital, still on the NHS and with the same
surgical team. That should both free up ITU beds in the main
hospital and avoid the possibility of exposing recovering heart
patients to the disease, which I had been wondering about. They are
currently looking at booking me in around mid to late August,
subject to what the surgeon says. I'll post an update when I know
that.
Best wishes for an uneventful surgery, and a speedy recovery.

And from me.

Yes, all the best with it. I had a CABG 4 years back and worried like hell
about what i'd find/see when I woke up. I have to tell you, they have it
sorted, nothing to worry about.

Thank you all. Having spoken to a couple of people who have had the same
operation, I'm fairly relaxed about the whole thing. In any case, my partner
is doing enough worrying for both of us. She keeps giving me regular reports
on how Betty Boothroyd is doing, which seems to be encouraging her.

Colin Bignell